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I want to make them for specific songs I play so that I can try learning some lead licks to throw in on the breaks to make my playing more interesting.

I do two Jim Croce songs that I can put up for Amy if she does From a Distance.  "Age" and "Big Wheel"  are the two. I kind of sort of started to a little bit learn "One Less Set of Footsteps".   Astronomical charted out "I've Got a Name" for me because he thought I'd do it well.  It's a good Croce song too.  In fact, the only Croce song that isn't a good Croce song in my opinion is "Time In a Bottle", and that's not Croce's fault but Kim Ferraar's fault. He was the Jr. High choir director and had the choir perform that song at every event for three years and I got sick of it. Mr. Ferraar though, was a good guy, but for that one problem.

I think I'm going to have to put "We Just Disagree" in the big yellow book of songs to learn.

I'll do The Weight for sure. That one's been in my wheelhouse for a while. I don't do it well, but y'all can pretend you're feeling loose and friendly around a riverbank campfire after a day of hiking or fishing or something and it'll all be OK.  (Reference MKM's quote in my signature block)

I don't know Jack and Diane, but it's a great song and should be a pretty straight forward strummer.  Once I get the rhythm down, I'll probably convert to some finger pattern or another because that's more fun for me usually. It may take me until May or June, but I'm going to do it.

Time for an update of my signature block.

I am changing my 90's song recommendation.  It is Nanci Griffith's "From A Distance."  And I am going to be fully open here - this is entirely because I want to hear Amy sing it with her family backing her. 

For those who thought it was a Bette Midler vehicle... shame on you.

My 70's recommendation...  Dave Mason's "We Just Disagree" - a solid 12 stringer song that would take Beamer's Metalizing well. 

I have no idea if this transcription is good. I've never tried to play the song.  It has a B chord shape in it, so it's probably evil. 
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.g … 26987.html

You can find clear static-cling pick guards sometimes.

I'm so glad for you and also jealous at the same time.

You should take Topdown up on his offer. His house is comfortable.  The food in town is good and affordable.  And the beach is a short walk away.

Now that we've recovered Bill by looking for Dino, perhaps we should look for Upyerkilt to find Dino. 

I hope he's OK. Both of them.  All three of them.

Cool idea with the mando.  I'd never have thought of something like that.

I think that www.justinguitar.com has a very good beginner lesson series available. It provides a series of Youtube lessons, and they are free of charge (though you are encouraged to donate at your own discretion). 

I have no affiliation with that site, I just think it's useful for raw beginners.  He's organized the skills you need well and the lessons are short enough to absorb after watching each a few times.

Good luck. Have fun. Stick with it.

Your fingers are going to hurt. Nothing you can do about that but work through it.  It takes a couple weeks for you to build up callouses.

Also, unless you have been the victim of some kind of accident or are far outside of human norms, your fingers are not too fat, long, short, thick, thin, or uncoordinated. You can do it. Stick with it. 15 minutes per day practice to get started. Bump that up to 30 once you have enough chords to start playing songs.